Dean,
I had the same concerns about the axles on my wire wheel Midget because it was
a conversion using a disk wheel axle housing. Recently I rebuilt the rear
suspension and converted back to disk wheels. The wire wheel axle was engaged
1/2" and was showing a notch worn into the splines, a textbook stress raiser.
I've been driving this car for 5 years and try to take care of the clutch and
axles, but suspect these axles were going to meet the same fate. You can see
the notches on this pic;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastvee/4550504969/
John
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:
At the Westtown affair, I met a gentleman who converted a 71 Midget and who
had done so by simply swapping the wire axles in.
He said he and his brother took the car out for a test spin and as soon as
they went up a steep hill the limited engaged splines striped off the
axle. In this case they were unaware of the different lengths of the axles.
He indicated that the axle did not break clean, but actually shaved just the
splines off.
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